GLOVE FIGHT.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1516, 25 March 1885, Page 2

GLOVE FIGHT.

! Tiie glove-fight, for a stoke of 1100, iK-twwn Prtteugell, of Wellington, and M ithews, at present ia Dnnedus with the Woodward Japanese Tronpf, rirew e> large crowd of people to tbs> Gai ripon Hall yesterday evening. The. stage was roped in allowing an a-r*e> of abiut 12ft square, and leaving in each corner a safficumt spaed (or the a«-coinmodation ef attendants, rvfere*-, timekeeper, <tc Mr E. Wilgi>n was undft-svod to lie stakeholder, and Mr A. Austin k**pt time. From 8 to 9 o'clock wasocenpied with amatuer sparring, a* 4 shortly after the latter hour the men stepped U|»on the stage* fi-om opposite doors. The oo'dittens of the match were that it sho lid ba fonifht nnder th« Marquis -of Queens. berry's rnies, with the all important difference that instead of three ronnde only taking place, aud the. victor Win; then namecLby the referee, the contest should continue, niitil one of toe oetnt*> tants was "knooked out." Tbe ruU* prahibiUd what is called *• rov^hing . on the ropes/' and it was provided I that eitlier man who fell from weak--1 ness or otherwise should be allowed 10 i seconds to regain bis fa t anasaisted,. and c-ou inne the round until the three minutes of itsdoration hvt expired ; tk# man failing so to come to time tj tOi f wit > the match. On ent rim he ring it was seen that Mathews was the taller of the two, standing some sft II in. t.ot his antagonist was well boiit, active, and wiry and throaghont tb» dhoit contest showed % long way tfc* hotter ncience. The gloves used were new ones of tue nsual site, and by n» means extraordinarily liai-d. On facing each other the men sparred eantioasty. Pettengpll at last led off and got away cleverly, and is the exchanges that 'followed bathe wa slipped his foot, l»ut Hwaped witkmt pn.iishmeut. Some smart rallying--1 then ctisiK*d, in wbicb Pattengeii bad * withont doubt* all the t>est of h. -H» j was quicker, and bit farstraighterthan his auta^onUt, andjambfd him against/ thawall l*f« »re many blows had been ex.. chauged. Tbe Wnllington man was nevertheless floored shortly afterwarde. bnt rose quietly and continued Igbt ins;. Mathews Uien got iu ou« good bmty blow tiefnre th**ca|l of »i»w». In the second round tb»* affair ended Nbrnptly, and in a manner which was, to. say the least of it, highly nnMstw. -faotory. There were sharp exchanges fit>ni the commencement, "and the men being at pretty close qttarters, MithfWH scoivd tol»*i*bly well, aUhongh in Dm . pj^vion* round hehad Iweii laments)''*. sliort iimre than once, Beth men o>i donHtedly hit hard, and Pet'erigell g«| h blow nnder the left eye, which sent., I iiiiiriof n. On nsin^, he *taggyr*d e> few pact's Jwfo'e'airatn facing" l<isi»an and almost imraedi«t»ly went down a^aiu *n his ha ids and knees, sbowrn^ gyuiptOHin of exhanßtion, which a v*-r« Urge portion of the audience* at aft evfuts, seemed v^ry nnwilling toaoeepl as genuine. On regaining his feot, pHttengell Ix-sjan to go Hown tinyhow, and risinc, stnggered to and fro in a ntlier theatrical style. After Mliag f * t * third time he did not at one* regain his legs, b'lt <lutched the ropes as though u«.aMe to eome to time, au4 Mathews meanwhi'e i<ai«ed his hat id and 'claimed the match. There was tUtr.«P»u kind booting aad groaning from sJI part* ef tl» hail, «ftfa£ bm,, ? hi MstHetes to tl» fwe4 ef tipsx s -:itfi> with H- O*T tO QHB«i«*J |»M# ujft w!;«j uai^L* u':to go asv

When thf contest that terminated, the men had fottshf one roartd of tbwjj ttinatrt and about a ihmnw »ud a half of tlie ordinary «**■ »'»? ••'» *?* Jj« and Petter.g.ll. ou le-ivu^ I"* «*»** after the Vstr..».MU w-is freehand I^Hnih.vi,^-^-^ ''tUeorno pa-nwhrn-Mt, an.! having deeply S-ov^himself f*r tin' Bnp.-nor of Ins opponents re, ud^kiil- Atth-eon clnsio'i of th^ B'iort cutest he lm<l r. «*.i V e«| on.' *?vi.r- black eye, Unt Si.OWe.l no other <\^3 of pu uishm-nt. On the whole thf P»hSio very de.Mdtdly exores^d tiiHr aisipurMl.atlOii Of the *ffiir,.-iM'.l witli^eM.e j.ppareiit.-ea-'onfor t!ieir'c.Tii|»!:H=it,:i'id the ex'iibition was Wtai'i'y n-^t of a kinrl likely to mise «i|.'h -iiitc'ies i' 1 P T>1 '* ! ' eiitee-n. A f. 1 * miiH.tes were* S'ibs--q'teutly ■<v»!?ii:)ie-l y li-j'it. nna-ri-^ between Mit-'iewf' and a volu it^er rppo-eiit, after whi.-h the andience disp.«rsetl.